Mars mission to be funded by millionaire Dennis Tito – video

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Dennis Tito, rocket scientist-turned-millionaire, announces plans to fund a mission to Mars. A couple will take a 501-day journey, named 'Mission for America', which will begin in January 2018 and travel to within 100 miles of the red planet's surface. Tito will fund the mission until the end of 2014, and hopes to raise the remainder from other investors